Enter Into the Joy of Your Master
Since August 9, the Rev. F. Willis Johnson, a United Methodist pastor in Ferguson Missouri has devoted his ministry to fostering a peaceful response to the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager and the resulting violent turmoil that followed. The shooting of 18 year old Michael Brown led to four days of conflict between […]
We Should Be Called Children of God
Beloved we are God’s children now A little boy and his father had gone down into town to watch a parade. As the time of the parade got closer more and more people gathered around, each of them trying to find the best place to watch. Before long the little boy was standing in the […]
Sermon preached by The Rev. Peter Elvin, October 26, 2014
At A Celebration of New Ministry for The Rev. Dr. Janet Zimmerman Holy One, fill the hollow of words and hearing. By your Spirit, make fit both speaking and listening. Fit us for your service, Creator, Redeemer, Guide. Janet, just being asked to preach today is a deep honor. When I told the Vestry where proposed […]
Give to God the things that are God’s
October 19, 2014 by The Rev. Dr. Janet W. Zimmerman The Pharisees send their disciples along with the Herodians to try to “entrap” Jesus. This group makes a strange team. On the one hand you have the Pharisees who are the leaders of the temple. They are the people charged with interpreting and teaching about […]
Where do we find God?
Sermon preached October 12, 2014 by The Rev. Janet Zimmerman, PhD Most of us can remember where we were on September 11. Some of us may have been in New York City on that horrible day when men flew planes into the World Trade Center to strike terror into the heart of our people in […]
Sunday, September 28, 2014
“By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?” Matthew 21:23-32, Philippians 2: 1-13 Before we can begin to talk about our passage today from Matthew’s Gospel we need to back up and look earlier in the gospel story. Jesus rides into the city of Jerusalem on the back of a […]
Sunday, September 21, 2014
You also go into the vineyard. We had only recently joined a large downtown parish in Austin Texas with our three young sons, when the Rector invited Sey and me to consider teaching the 3rd grade Sunday Morning class. I wasn’t at all sure this was my ministry. I taught all week at the university […]